“What Happened To Us” by The Jinks feat. Carla Prather Chuka: “A tough funky house track likely to be one of the main tunes coming out of Ibiza this year”. Chuka will be back with more ‘Sounds of Streatham’ in a couple of weeks time. [read more]

The latest plans for the building of Streatham’s temporary ice rink have been published by Lambeth Council and the news is that it’s not going to be in Streatham. The Popes Road car park in Brixton has become the preferred site. Ever since Lambeth Council & Tesco agreed to move forward with the Streatham Hub [read more]

In part two of StolenFromMother’s ‘Adventures Close To Home’, Lauren Tones talks about another of Streatham’s foodie pleasures. Adventures Close To Home. Part 2. by Lauren Tones They say don’t judge a book by its cover. I say don’t judge a shop by its front. The Korona Delicatessen in Streatham Hill looks very tidy, but my assumption of [read more]

Two weeks ago Streatham’s new MP, Chuka Umunna, gave us his first selection of tracks for our new ‘Sounds of Streatham’ feature. It caused a flurry of interest on Twitter. One twitterer ChrisMalvern70 responded by directing a tweet to DMiliband. “Take note” he said referring to the credibility of Chuka’s choices in comparison to David’s selection [read more]

Another local blogger we’ve discovered recently is StolenFromMother, or Lauren Tones to her friends. Lauren’s writing has been featured in Notion Magazine, Gigwise.com, and referenced in Joe Shooman’s ‘Kasabian: Sound, Movement and Empire’. Her blog ‘EatMeDrinkMe‘ which, unsurprisingly, is about food & drink, can be found at stolenfromother.wordpress.com. She’s now become the latest contributor to [read more]

Last month we wrote about some of the new music emerging out of Streatham, so it seems only right, this month, to mention the venues, which are supporting the live music scene. One in particular, which has helped breathe new life in to Streatham High Road, is The White Lion. The former pub closed down a [read more]

Those who know Streatham’s new MP, Chuka Umunna, will know that, when he’s not consumed by politics, he is listening to music. His Twitter followers became used to his ‘track of the weekend’ tweets during the general election campaign. In the first of a new feature, exclusively for Streatham Pulse, Chuka will be giving us [read more]

Streatham’s recently elected MP, Chuka Umunna, was actively campaigning for his job long before the general election campaign was announced. In that time he’s garnered a significant public profile in the national media, where he’s frequently talked of as a future leader of The Labour party and a contender for Britain’s first black Prime Minister. [read more]

In the latest ‘Southside Rant’ from, local blogger, ‘diddlysquat’, he talks about the award winning Streatham Green. The Mysterious Tale of Streatham Green and the London Spade By diddlysquat “In 2005 Streatham Green won the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association ‘London Spade’ award for best public open space scheme in the capital” (source – Wikipedia) Anyone who knows Streatham [read more]

After years of sitting derelict on the High Road, the former Jack Stamps pub has opened its doors to the builders. It is currently in the process of being refurbished. It won’t, however, be a pub any longer. In a sure sign that Streatham is changing, a pub, will become an estate agents. Not just [read more]

A new blog appeared on my radar recently, called ‘Southside Rants’, by someone known as diddlysquat. In his first entry, titled ‘Welcome to Streatham’, he reflects on Streatham’s faded glory and what it means to be a ‘Streathamite’. He’s also kindly given permission for it to be published here on Streatham Pulse. Enjoy. Welcome to [read more]

Over the last couple of decades The World Cup has, incresingly, led to countless attempts to capture the spirit of the tournament in song. This year is no different,with several unofficial songs hoping to be adopted by the fans as the anthem of 2010. However, this year, Streatham has its own song. ‘Get a Moving [read more]